Keywords
GDPR, social services, information security, public activist
Abstract
Social support services are becoming popular among the citizens of every country and every age. Though, social support services easily accessible on mobile phones are used in different contexts, ranging from extending your presence and connectivity to friends, family and colleagues to using social media services for being a social activist seeking to help individuals confined in miserable situations such as homeless community, drug addicts or even revolutionists fighting against dictatorships etc. However, a very recent development in the European Parliament’s law (2016/679) on the processing and free movement of personal data in terms of EU-GDPR (General data protection rules) considers the low funded social service development efforts unsafe. This article analyses a case study conducted at a shelter for homeless mothers in the United States to conceptualize the future similar development efforts from low end public activist groups within European union. This article aims to raise awareness on this issue and also puts forth a conceptual model to envision the possibilities of mitigating the risks attached to such development efforts under the light of EU-GDPR which will be implemented in may 2018.
DOI
10.33107/ijbte.2018.6.3.07
First Page
1
Last Page
7
Recommended Citation
Magnusson, Lars and Iqbal, Sarfraz
(2018)
"Implications of EU-GDPR in Low-Grade Social, Activist and NGO Settings,"
International Journal of Business and Technology: Vol. 6:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
DOI: 10.33107/ijbte.2018.6.3.07
Available at:
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/ijbte/vol6/iss3/7